significant test of our democracy since the civil war. todd: it is wednesday july 14th, president biden tearing into republican back voting laws as texas democrats are celebrated as heroes by the left and by the media. we are live in washington where election integrity take center stage. carley: the white house facing two international crises with major implications here in the united states and the head of homeland security responded with a message for those fleeing cuba and haiti, think twice before coming here. >> wow! todd: this one is gone, put my hands on the head. they are powering to a victory at the midsummer classic. "fox and friends first" continues right here.

you are looking live outside coors field. carley: it was great to be there. a fun story to cover. there were politics with the game being moved but these fans were so happy about the game, getting ready to see the best in baseball and it is a good game. todd: pretty good game, we will get into that more but we have a lot of other news to get to so you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday. carley: let's get straight to it. president biden pushing congress to pass federal voting laws as he schools republicans restrictive voter access. todd: the showdown intensifies between republicans and the texas state democrats who fled to break the courtroom. lauren blanchard is watching with more. >> the president pushed for federal president voting laws which so far stalled in

congress. calling it the test of our time. the vice president will continue to push talking with voting rights advocates. >> there's an and folding assault taking place in america today, and attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free election. >> defending the right of the american people to vote is as american as apple pie. >> texas state democrats, they fled to dc, on the state election reform bill, the sergeant-at-arms has been ordered to track down and arrest absent lawmakers but there's little they can do outside texas. >> there is no voter suppression. this is a lie being told over and over. they had ground in texas.

>> democrats praising the tactics, texas dems say they are trying to run out the clock on the state's legislative session and kill the bill which they call voter suppression and part of the big lie following the 2020 election. >> donald trump lost the election, he told republicans across the country that he didn't lose the election it is cost republican legislators in state capitals from georgia to austin to start putting forward bills that make it harder to vote. texas was one of the hardest places to vote in the country. >> reporter: president biden called from a partisan effort. moderate democrats get on board to end the legislative filibuster. carley: thank you. todd: i thought he was going to explode in that clip. the left is not focused on voting rights, they are focused

on red state policies. >> the entire democrat platform is based on staking out positions defined by their hatred for red states and red hats. it is not politics but pointed antagonism that becomes demented, it is real. >> they believe socialism is preferable to capitalism. the cops aren't necessary, we need to teach kids that white folks are inherently racist while they send their kids to private schools, hire security guards and dine in expensive restaurants without masks or shame. all these nonsense ideas sprout from one reflex, to not be associated with the likes of you. democrats are now i hate you party. they don't feel that way about actual american adversaries because you can only hate one group all the time and that is you. todd: gutfeld is the gop is determined to restore law and

order while democrats are focused on spiteful opposition. jillian: two baltimore police officers working on a us marshal task force are shot by a homicide suspects. authorities say the officers were looking for the suspect to serve an arrest warrant when they spotted him in his car in the mall parking lot when they tried to approach he got out and started firing. the officers returned fire striking the suspect to later died at the hospital. the two offices are said to be in stable condition and are expected to recover. todd: the taliban claiming to capture a key trade route between afghanistan and pakistan. that could for the extremist group with funds from customs revenues. it comes as the taliban prepares for peace talks with afghan officials in the video shows militants executing unarmed security forces. a warning, this video is extremely disturbing. [shouting] [gunfire]

todd: that is horrific. 22 soldiers reportedly killed in that massacre. 5 minutes after the hour demonstrations in support of cuban protesters erupting in for a, one of them shutting down a major highway in miami for hours. carley: marianne rafferty joins us with more, warning about cubans fleeing into the united states. what is the latest? >> reporter: cuba is cracking down on protesters while supporters in the us are begging us officials to help. demonstrations in miami's little have an and across florida. one protest blocking a major highway, i-95, in jacksonville. law enforcement had to move protest crowds out of way of traffic. support as many who are living under the brutal regime say people have nothing to lose. >> they have taken everything away from us including our fear.

when the cuban people no longer fear the cuban government it is the beginning of the end. >> exporting communism throughout the hemisphere and throughout the world and has been doing it for decades and that should interest the national security of the united states. >> reporter: despite calls for us officials to intervene, alejandro mayorkas once a refugee himself says those who attempt to flee will be turned away. >> allow me to be clear. if you take to the sea, you will not come to the united states. >> reporter: some help might be on the way from florida's governor after internet and social media accesses block to stop the flow of information during the unrest. >> what does the regime do when you start to see these images? they shutdown the internet. they don't want the truth to be out. we should be able to provide internet service via satellite.

we have companies on the space coast that launch these things. >> reporter: cuban officials blaming the us for the uprising and the refugee crisis that may follow saying í the government of the united states of being directly involved and theories responsibility in the incident that occurred on july 11th and it will be responsible for the consequences that arise. dhs has deployed coast guard jets to watch for migrants trying to escape to the us by sea. todd: the juxtaposition, the hypocrisy that can come if you are walking across the border but if you do it by state, unreal. jillian: homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas telling haitians not to travel to the us by sea. 80 is in a state of turmoil after the presidential assassination, one of the american suspects, for the crime of a confidential dea source. joseph vincent in the white

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>> guerrero junior. todd: we should have vision of violence warning before that swing. he obliterated that, hitting the 2 hundredth home run in the history of the midsummer classic. the toronto blue jay was crowned. carley: they paid to be to hank aaron, giving his widow something signed by all players and the painting of the late hall of famer by a denver artist. is number 42 was lulled onto the right field grass. a good tribute there. todd: all the home runs we see it is amazing how good hank aaron was. just knocked the ball out of the park in a classy and dignified way. 10 minutes after the are. the fbi says new york city journalist targeted by iranian spies, the wild kidnapping plot just ahead. jillian: a kansas newspaper since is the state attorney

general for signing the 1776 pledge to save our schools. derek schmidt joins us live coming up next.

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todd: the kansas city star publishing apiece derek schmidt after he signed the 1776 pledge to save our schools. the website refused to write a follow-up argument. derek schmidt joins us to discuss. how did this go down? >> i was one of the first candidates for governor to sign the 1776 action plan, straightforward promise to teach the truth about america's past and critical race theory has no place in american schools because it is at odds with the promise of the founding.

i was criticized for that by an opinion writer in a newspaper and they agreed to publish a response only if we said the things they wanted us to say. they wanted to cancel any opposition and i think it is wrong. todd: were you surprised? >> i shouldn't have. donald trump told us about the fake news or the idea that cancel culture run amok was going to censor conservative voices but i felt firsthand, critical race. is an attempt to cancel the promise of america's founding and to talk about the importance of american greatness and exceptionalism to be canceled is ironic but it is wrong. todd: here is the mission statement from the 1776 pledge, quote, our children and grandchildren should be taught to take pride in their country, to respect our founding principles of liberty and equality and to have a sense of

american history that is truthful and inspiring. how unsettling it is it that a statement like that is viewed by the left as controversial? >> we all use to agree on that. at least i thought we did and i do. i think the vast majority of americans do but there's apparently a concerted effort to cancel our history, transferred to our kids the idea not that america is unlimited but the contrary idea that somehow their individual future is limited by our collective past. that's not true. we have to fight back against this. president reagan said freedom is one generation away from extinction and this is our time to pass on the truth about america to our kids. todd: how dangerous is it to democracy that the media which always leaned left is becoming so increasingly 1-sided, left-sided if you will but without any apology.

>> i don't mind a good flight of ideas but to have a good flight of ideas you have to have both sides or all sides presented and that is the problem right now. social media is so powerful it has the ability to censor american voices and try to make sure americans hear only one side of the story. that is not true, not rounded and we have to fight back against it just like the trump administration did and conservatives all around this country are doing today. todd: unlike a lot of guests who when they write an op-ed censored for something like that don't have a lot of records you are the most powerful law person in the state of kansas was what is your recourse? what is next? >> i'm doing it right now. we are going to get our message out, tell the truth about american history, tell the truth of critical race theory has no place in america's classrooms, stand with parents at the grassroots and teach our kids the truth about the exceptionalism of this country and do it to everybody who will listen so thanks for having me

on. todd: keep us posted, certainly a fight in a lot of places different framed this time but interesting nonetheless. carley: the time is 17 after the hour. the olympic committee gets backlash for considering a redesign of the american flag on its logo. speaking out just ahead. how conservative latinos are pushing back on msnbc's claim that they are in crisis. ♪♪ i want you to know baby ♪♪ i love you like i love you baby ♪♪ i love you like a love song baby ♪♪ coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. limu, you're an animal! who's got the bird legs now? only pay for what you need.

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coverings. we talk to a parent advocate who said the decision was an overuse of power by the school board. >> we need to be able to see that there is a choice to be made, responsibility for our children, our youth, not the responsibility of the school board to decide what we do or the choice made for the children. todd: this is the orange county mayor is asking everyone to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status. county health officials say the recommendation is based on rising cases among unvaccinated and the route 66 festival in springfield, missouri is canceled. was scheduled for next month and called off because of covid. 60,000 people want to the festival in 2019, expecting more to show up this year but organizers saying with the region's low vaccination rate against covid 19 it is not safe to bring tens of thousands of people to this community.

carley: conservative latinos pushing back after an msnbc contributor claimed the group is in crisis. >> there is a cultural identity crisis we are undergoing as a community that is completely dividing latinos. jillian: joining me to react his host of the latino conservative podcast andrew alvarez. good morning. >> are you this morning? >> the hispanic community is going through a cultural identity crisis. what is your reaction? >> we are going through a crisis but not the crisis she is talking about. part of it, i am outside, part of what i'm doing to push back on this crisis. the crisis we have going on is it is a split but i see a lot of

people on the blue side being misled especially with in my home state of texas where i am now, we voted for people choosing to not do their jobs or run over to washington dc to, quote, stand up and fight for texans when really and truly we are not having a crisis, we are all waking up to see what has been happening to us. carley: what do you have planned for your day today? >> what is behind me is the gym. i'm getting in shape because summer is coming up. it is next year in texas is hot. i'm conditioning myself to go doorknocking for candidates out there. carley: speaking of a candidate,

donald trump won the latino vote in this country almost 40% of it in 2020 which was a 10 point jump from 2016. what happened between 2016, and 2020, for him to get that much support? >> a lot of it has to do with promises and keeping promises, keeping us secure and seeing how the left side frames lies essentially. for example the border. we know we have a crisis at the border. i've been to the border more times recently than the current vice president but you have a facility that has kids there blaming donald trump, he wasn't the only one that built it, utilizing facilities that were there. we see it. carley: socialism, cuba and venezuela and you hear

alexandria ocasio cortez and people who have lived through that, i will leave it there. thank you for joining us. todd: republican lawmakers pushing against progressive cost of the fund border patrol and ice. lisa maclean leading the effort next.

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been from stampedes during misleading. heather: looters ransacking grocery stores and warehouses leaving only this, debris in their wake. you can see one here in golf by that massive fire. carley: officials say 750 people have been arrested. the unrest began over the imprisonment of the former president, jacob zuma. carley: a kidnapping conspiracy troubling. the doj charging these officials with trying to kidnap a brooklyn-based jeweler list and take her to iran. she identified herself as the target, she's been critical of the iranian regime in human rights abuses. she tweeted in part i'm grateful to the fbi foiling the islamic republic of iran's plot to kidnap me. those suspects still on the run. 30 minutes after the hour, congresswoman rashida tlaib stirring controversy with a call to defund every agency tasked

with protecting our borders. >> we must illuminate funding for ice and parent organization dhs. they continue to terrorize migrant communities. >> gop lawmakers are pushing back, filing full support of federal law enforcement agencies. michigan congresswoman lisa maclean, good morning. you and 62 of gop lawmakers introduced a resolution backing dhs and part of the resolution says defunding these essential organizations would be detrimental to the national security of the united states and these efforts should never be entertained by congress. unfortunately they are being entertained by congress. tell us what you hope to achieve. >> what is happening today is ridiculous and appalling. the squad is spewing this rhetoric. if you notice they have these

crazy ideas that aren't backed by facts. they are backed by feelings and opinions. i lead a resolution with my republican colleagues to stand up against not only the socialist squad but we need to be crazy in thinking these border patrol agents and agents that work for the department of dhs. they have seized over 4000 pounds of illegal narcotics. these people at the border, these men and women at the border, we are ridiculing them, trying to defund them. i wonder if the squad lock their doors at night. what is next? are we going to defund locking our doors at night? it is ridiculous.

todd: to rashida tlaib and fellow leftists not understand what would happen if we got rid of these agencies or is that the point? do they want these horrible consequences? >> i can't think for them. that is nothing but rhetoric. if you can't pass policies or talk about logic and reason, what the socialist squad wants is all the control to be at the federal level which isn't what the constitution says. i believe in the power of people to make good choices. i don't believe we need the government to think for us and if it were up to the squad the squad would make all the

decisions. >> president biden was in philadelphia and made a speech criticizing republicans for passing state voting laws he sees as restrictive. >> the 21st century jim crow assault is real, the most dangerous threats of voting and the integrity free and fair elections and we will challenge it vigorously. carley: president biden called the jim crow on steroids and in terms of messaging democrats doing a good job. they may not be right but our convincing people these voting laws are restrictive. how do you propose republicans combat that messaging? >> the message is not accurate. everyone is so conditioning to the title of the message that

they don't die deep and understand what the actual law were the actual message is saying. i believe every illegal vote, every legal person should vote and every illegal vote should be counted. of voting laws showing id is restrictive, we are in a lot of hurt in this country, you have to show id to rent a car, so a id to show alcohol, you have to show id to get a government benefit. i wonder where that will leave us. voting laws aren't restrictive, they are inclusive and allow for fair and transparent elections and that is what the people of america want, they want fair, transparent elections without

voter irregularity and that is what we are doing. >> how wrong was it of biden to basically compare needing a id to vote to thousands of americans across battlefields during the civil war dead? >> that is appalling first and foremost and shows how out of touch career politicians are with the actual real world. showing a id, we are a long way from home on that and out of touch with reality. carley: thanks for waking up early with us. todd: leaving the hospital 10 days after intestinal surgery, having half of his colon removed for narrowing of his large intestine. they will spend several weeks

recovering before traveling in september. carley: pushing back on the us olympic committee changing the flag and its logo, the committee is considering the new design as part of a rebrand, they say there is no need for change. >> the american flag, old glory need rebranding? the answer is no. >> the american flag is iconic. doesn't just represent the largest country in the world but it represents millions of americans who worked hard, sacrificed with their own lives. >> in middle ceremonies, protesting against it. todd: we are a few days from this game.

carley: it is a good patriotic moment despite the controversy. todd: new york democrats have a bone to pick with chick-fil-a. their latest move to keep the fast food chain from setting up shop. carley: download the fox but super 6 apps for a chance to win 10,$000, predict 6 outcomes in the fox but super 6 quiz show. topics range from entertainment and sports, it is free to play, download the super 6 apps next.

todd: the band was good today and are back. norwegian cruise lines suing over the state law barring businesses from requiring customers to provide proof of vaccination. carley: cheryl casone with more as norwegian calls the ban misguided.

>> reporter: in a lawsuit norwegian threatens to move its operations out of florida. they call this action a last resort. the cruise line says in the filing the state of florida is preventing them from safely resuming passenger cruise operations from miami. the florida law threatens to find a company $5,000 each time they ask a customer to provide proof of vaccination was governor ron desantis's offices norwegian is discriminating against children and others who cannot or opted not to be vaccinated. the first cruise is set for august 15th to the caribbean and that is part of it. carley: florida doesn't want to win that business. todd: the cruise lines continuing. all the schools upset about chick-fil-a, a religious school like notre dame, i understand the new york part of the story but the notre dame thing shocks me. >> reporter: let me get to the

new york part, several new york state democrats are accusing chick-fil-a dissemination. they want to ban the chain from opening new restaurants at new york rest stops. chick-fil-a through the charitable wing of its business have a history of donating millions of dollars to organizations that are discriminatory and anti-lgbt queue, the company is firing back saying chick-fil-a does not have a political or social agenda, we welcome everyone in our restaurants. you mentioned notre dame, students and faculty are protesting plans for chick-fil-a on campus because of donation to christian groups the, quote, fund hate groups but i got to deck out fox news reported that chick-fil-a was not doing donations to these controversial groups anymore. did you not read the news from two years ago that chick-fil-a wasn't doing this? they are doing their best and at the end of the day -- it is a chicken sandwich. >> christian charities, folks

who own them are allowed to be whatever religion they want to be. ice cream, we have an ice cream flavor on the docket. >> reporter: let's not politicize ice cream. when you eat macaroni and cheese flavored ice cream? carley: i would try it. i am just curious. >> reporter: craft created that, limited-edition treat that goes on sale in new york, la, houston, you can order online for $12. the ingredient has not been released but that's not the first thing i looked for. at this point. it is national mac & cheese day. carley: one of the best comfort foods of all time when it is warm. don't know about cold. let's give it all world. >> reporter: i will do it.

todd: i will watch. carley: let's check with lawrence jones for what is coming up on "fox and friends". todd: i know lj, he's not trying it. >> reporter: i will try it. i can't just be predictable. todd: you think i know you. >> more than 100 cubans arrested were missing after thousands demand the end to the communist dictatorship. marco rubio shares his message. larry elder through his hat into the ring. the california governor will join us live. dana lash sounds off as democrats in the media roll out the red carpet for state representatives fleeing the state to dennis stewart varney on the impact of the infrastructure plan and the push to bypass republicans despite the rampant inflation.

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todd: professor facing backlash over a seminar on white privilege. >> you assume they are both going to get treated fairly. you assume it is all good and we will pick the best person for the job. we can't even go that far. take the white guy, this is only one study of many many many studies. in which we control for everything yet we are still going to pick this guy over this

guy. todd: there is so much with that clip, singling out a black-and-white student to explain how the white student has an advantage in hiring. richard has done this several times, the school has not responded to the controversial lesson. todd: today for empire actor jussie smollett will return to court in chicago. he will attend an evidentiary hearing to determine if his attorney is disqualified from representative him. prosecutors allege jussie smollett's attorney may have had contact with the pair who stage the phony hate crime in 2019, the 38-year-old faces felony charges for lying to chicago police. jussie smollett maintains his innocence but the story continues. a lawyer agrees to represent britney spears in her conservatorship, several conversations with matthew rosen

guard, to our use spears, the judge will then appoint him. >> spears longtime attorney resigned. with the bombshell testimony. carley: a live look at san francisco and janice dean is here with a look at the weather out west. >> janice: 55 degrees locally but to the southwest we have flash flooding going on. it is because of the drought but too much of a good thing can cause big problems. we have flash flood watches and warnings in effect for parts of arizona through new mexico, 4

corners area where we are getting that, they call this the monsoon season, shift in the winds bring in moisture from the pacific and that brings and potential for flooding to the midwest. and damaging wind and tornadoes this afternoon and this evening. the forecast for the rest of the us, showers and thunderstorms across the gulf coast and florida still into some missed in the northeast but looking for mostly sunny skies. >> will we ever see the sun again? >> janice: you want some sunshine, all things will be fabulous. it will be amazing. >> donald trump is taking big tech to court so does he have a case? todd: the swami thinks so, he will explain next. ♪♪ ♪♪

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chance? >> i'm saying there is actually a food chance if he makes the right arguments in court. the media didn't love his lawsuit when it came out because normally, they are right. the first amendment applies to the government, not to private companies. but here's the thing in this case. these private companies. the big tech giants, did their work in part on behalf of the pig government. they responded to government threats. they willfully cooperated with the government in deciding that speech could and couldn't stay online. best of all for them, they were protected by a form of federal immunity in the form of section 232 c 2 of the communication decency act. when you combine both carrot the legislative threats -- carrot which is section 230 as well as the stick which would be legislative threats and finally the coordination between these companies that is not the action of a private company that is state action in disguise.

the basic principle i articulate in the op-ed if it's state action in disguise then the constitution still applies. that's what i think could have the states go all the way to the supreme court and give trump a chance of actually winning. carley: interesting. you have got to think if trump does win, what does that mean for the social media companies and how they operate and also what does it mean for users? >> absolutely. look, i think that the implications for the social media companies could be deep. there is a path by which they could actually find in the high court that section 230 is actually unconstitutional when it's applied to, for example, preempting state laws that say you can't discriminate on the basis of political viewpoint. states like florida have recently passed such statutes. i think that could have deep seeded implications for eliminating social media companies to ability to engage in censorship. it also could mean that the social media companies are no longer immune from liability. if they're taking down users'

don't willy-nilly. now, for everyday users, i think it could have the effect of really unlocking speech in this country in a way that's been chilled over the course of the last couple of years. in fact, even just a year ago, if you had said online, on facebook, or on twitter that you believed that the coronavirus originated in a lab in wuhan, you would have been censored, possibly deplatformed. now that is increasingly the predominant he theory how this virus originated. implications are deep not only for freedom and democracy not only for companies but for the pursuit of truth itself for open debate and deliberations. that's personally why i'm interested in this case. not about president trump. more about the stakes of open dialogue for democracy. todd: is this case considered a success even if trump loses but forces trump to pick a lane are you date are you private? >> has influence on the state and private companies to say each does their work separately and big tech companies think

twice before they censor willy-nilly absolutely it can move the ball irrespective of the outcome of the case. carley: check out vivek's upcoming book "woke inc." thank you for breaking down this very interesting case. i appreciate it. >> thank you. todd: with that "fox & friends" starts right now. have great one. ♪ ♪ >> joe biden smearing republicans as racists over states trying to pass election integrity laws. >> 21st century jim crow assault is rear real. >> let me show me one place jim crow voter suppression. there is none in the bill. >> now demonstrators in miami, south florida, they are continuing to show their strong support for cuban protests. >> when the cuban people no longer fear the cuban government, it's the beginning of the end. >> taliban claims to capture a key trade route between afghanistan and pakistan. graphic video shows militants executing unarm security